Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan and the other star cast members of Mission Mangal were seen introducing their characters from the film on Instagram, just before the release of their second trailer

Updated Aug 08,2019, 12:06 PM IST

Mission Mangal which will soon hit theatre has fans super excited for the same. As it is the first Indian movie of a space mission, fans are eagerly waiting to watch this movie. Akshay Kumar in Mission Mangal will be seen essaying the role of a senior scientist in the Indian Space Research Organization, who worked on the Mars Orbiter Mission. The film also features Sharman Joshi and a huge female cast including Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Vidya Balan, Nithya Menon and Kirti Kulhari.

The makers of the film, before the second trailer would be released, had the cast introduce their characters to the fans, as they also shared posters of the same on their Instagram account. Akshay shared a poster of his character and wrote, "Meet Rakesh Dhawan- A bachelor of science who believes there's no science without experiment." While Vidya to shared a poster of her character and captioned it as, "Presenting to you Tara Shinde- A scientist whose home game is unparalleled." Similarly, other cast members too gave details of their character.

The film is dedicated to all the women in India and while at the trailer launch Sonakshi said, "Mission Mangal celebrates the spirit of womanhood. It was such an amazing team to work with." Even Kriti said, "When it comes to women, it has been believed that they are intellectually inferior, but the moment we sent the orbiter to Mars that thought was gone. Women are shown as equals in Mission Mangal." The film is directed by Jagan Shakti and is set for release on this Independence day.